Here is a triple hit of some of my recent adventures marinading meat while back on Vancouver Island. By marinading meat for several hours before grilling you get to infuse it with delicious flavour without much work at all, just whip up the marinade in a large zip top freezer bag, toss your meat into it and throw it in the refrigerator. Make sure to drain and discard all the marinade before bbqing and preheat the grill on high heat for at least 15 minutes to make sure you get a nice seer on your meat.   Another tip for perfect BBQ is giving your meat five minutes to rest after cooking, put your grilled meat on a plate and cover in a double layer of aluminum foil so the juices can calm down and redistribute throughout the meat. Enjoy the last days of summer with these BBQ marinades! Let me know what you think of them by commenting on this post!

Spicy Sesame Maple Marinade

• 1/2 cup of soy sauce
• 1/4 cup of maple syrup
• 1 bottle of beer, Domestic Lager
• 2 tbsp minced garlic
• 2 tbsp pure toasted sesame oil
• 2 tbsp sambal oelek
• 2 tbsp mirin
• Optional: 2 tbsp toasted sesame seeds for garnish.

Mix all ingredients in a large zip top bag. Add your meat and marinade 8 hours or overnight. Discard the marinade, grill your meat and sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds.

Honey Tequila Jalapeno Lime Marinade 

• 1 shot of tequila, stay away from the blanco use the aged stuff for more flavour.
• 1 bottle of beer, use a Mexican lager
• juice and zest of one lime
• 3 tbsp honey
• 3 tbsp soy sauce
• 2 jalapeno pepper sliced thinly
• 2 tbsp minced garlic
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• Course ground black pepper

This one is a favourite of mine for grilled chicken. Mix the marinade ingredients in a large freezer bag. Add chicken and let marinade 4-6 hours.  Discard the marinade and grill the chicken. I like to leave some of the jalapeno on the surface of the chicken to char up on the grill.

Habanero Molasses Marinade

• 2 thinly sliced Habanero peppers
• 1 bottle of beer, domestic lager
• 1/4 cup of soy sauce
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 2 tbsp minced garlic
• 3 tbsp molasses
• 3 tbsp ketchup
• Course ground black pepper
• Optional: Freshly chopped ginger root

Mix ingredients together and marinade meat for 8 hours. Discard marinade and cook meat as desired on the BBQ.